Line #18 VideoGame/EnergyBreaker


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2	A 1996 StrategyRPG for the [[UsefulNotes/SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem SNES,]] in IsometricProjection. Quite under appreciated. Developed by Neverland and published by Creator/{{Taito}}, the same company that made the better known ''VideoGame/{{Lufia}}'' series. The game even contains many elements from that series, including the "Priphea Flowers" theme. It features art and character designs by Yasuhiro Nightow of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'', and ''Anime/BloodBlockadeBattlefront'' fame.
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4	!! This game provides examples of:
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6	%%* ActionGirl: Myra and Dorothy.
7	* AmnesiacDissonance: When this whole mess started [[spoiler:Your AmnesiacHero Player Character]] was on the villains side, you learn this piecemeal and the villain will lampshade it eventually.
8	%%* BigBad: Pope Oriales.
9	* BigGood: [[spoiler: Radiant Empress Selphie.]]
10	%%* BlindSeer: Selphie.
11	* CombinationAttack: Several of Dorothy's attacks use Pygma, while several of Lenardo's use Gulliver. However, gameplay wise, they aren't much like combination attacks, as they're fully under the control of individual playable characters, as Lenardo's abilities depend merely on Gulliver's presence, but still use his location's range, and Pygma only shows up when Dorothy calls an attack.
12	* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler: Leon, most notably, but also a few other characters, such as Dariem. Plus a few debatable cases.]]
13	* DistractedByMyOwnSexy: Examining any water surface with Myra will yield her admiring her own reflection. At a specific point, Dorothy will outright spray water all over to make her stop.
14	* DualWielding: Leon uses two swords.
15	* ElementalPowers: Fire, water, wind, and earth. Each of your characters has one of these as a primary element: [[spoiler: Myra and Leon are wind, Lenardo is water, Star is earth, and Dorothy is fire.]] You're mostly playinf the "Light" heroes there are actually four different elemental groups, the others are: the Priestesses (neutral), the Sekrilata (neutral), and the Generals ([[PsychoRangers "Dark" heroes]]). There is an overlap too so for example one character is a Sekrilata-Priestess-General.
16	* EternalRecurrence: Life arises, grows, civilizations rise, prove to be imperfect then Oriales tries to wipe it out and [[spoiler:Selphie]] tries to protect it. To date she never won even once. The gameworld is positively littered with artifacts of previous cycles.
17	* FantasticVoyagePlot: There are not one but ''two'' short quests involving this. In one of them you'll get to see one of the party members as a ''fetus''.
18	* GuideDangIt: There is almost ''no'' in-game explanation and tutorial for the game mechanics, even the newest FAQ on Website/GameFaqs is from 2008. If you intend to play this, even with the fan translation, be prepared for some hard core TrialAndErrorGameplay on your firs run until you figure out what you're doing.
19	%%* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Leon.]]
20	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Selphie first [[TakingTheBullet takes an attack]] meant for Leon, THEN uses the rest of her power, to protect the party from falling meteors.]]
21	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Dorothy generally uses a pogo stick, but one of her best weapons is [[ThrowTheBookAtThem New Bible]]. Dr. Leonardo's weapons are various powders and tools.
22	* InventoryManagementPuzzle: Every character has 8 inventory slots and this includes their equipment (up to 4-5 pieces of gear) and every one of them can only use their own, there are "item box"es that give you additional 8 for 1 but are rare, items don't stack... Good luck surviving.
23	* LostLenore: Elena for Dr. Leonardo and Limitz, Marion for Star.
24	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The party will systematically lose the {{Cosmic Key Stone}}s they possess, special mention goes to Dr. Leonardo who trades his for his true love's suspended animation.
25	* OneSteveLimit: Averted (at least in the translation, not sure about original version), as there are two characters named Emilina.
26	* PowerCopying: How Star learns his skills. You have to kill certain monsters using Star's normal attack, and Star will gain the ability to transform into said monster, in order to use his attack.
27	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Pope Oriales tries to kill Leon. [[spoiler: Until Selphie pushes Leon out of the way.]]
28	%%* SixthRanger: [[spoiler: Leon.]]
29	* MyFutureSelfAndMe: [[spoiler: Star invokes this trope, to give his younger self some words of encouragement.]]
30	* StoneWall: Gulliver, can't attack but is invincible, can fly, and serves to block enemies movements. The exact usefulness of this, depends on the terrain, though.
31	* SummonMagic: You gain the ability to summon the Sekrilata in late game.
32	* TalkingToThemself: One of the characters does this every so often. There's a reason for it, naturally.
33	* TimeLimitBoss: Not just bosses -- all battles have a turn limit, and if you take too long, it's instant game over (or very rarely instant win; read the mission description carefully). Luckily there are items that can increase the limit.
34	* TimeyWimeyBall: This game features a whole lot of TimeTravel and when the party does things it's almost exclusively played as YouAlreadyChangedThePast ... then one of the ''villains'' changes it significantly for the characters. [[spoiler:Limitz saves Elena at the cost of his own life and ''before'' she can meet Dr. Leonardo.]] Somehow the world doesn't implode.
35	* ToiletHumour: Dorothy can learn the incredibly overpowered debuff spell Poison Drop. The animation for it involves her pet dragon [[spoiler:pooping]] on the enemies.
36	* WeaponSpecialization: Myra's weapon of choice are whips.
37	* WolverineClaws: Star's weapon.

Context VideoGame / EnergyBreaker